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Goal Setting Strategies
Simple and Fun Goal Setting Strategies
We are all remarkable human beings. There is no one goal setting strategy that is perfect for everyone — but there are many goal setting strategies that are perfect for just one person.
Here are twenty-one tried-and-true goal setting strategies: I challenge you to try each one at least once, to see which work best for you.
1. Brainstorm with Sticky Notes — The beauty of using sticky notes as a business planning aid is two-fold: You can create your own memory aid or category using different colors… and you can mix-and-match them. (Example: Moving them around a bulletin board as you brainstorm various approaches.)
Sticky notes are also less intimidating to many people, compared to writing things down in one static place. In fact, if you’re a perfectionist — the sort who has to completely print out a new Calendar page and redo it if you mess up one slot — it’s virtually guaranteed you’ll find sticky notes less intimidating for you. And you can buy them very inexpensively at any local dollar or stationery store, or my favorite… on Amazon.
2. Create your Elevator Goal — Almost everyone knows the famous “elevator speech” exercise, where you try to summarize your business in one sentence after being asked “what do you do for a living” by someone…
